On February 10, Akamai, a provider of the Content Differentiation Network (CDN), released data on the number of visits to pirate websites for the first three quarters of 2021. According to the report, pirate websites are visited by the United States (13.5 billion), Russia (7.2 billion), India (6.5 billion), China (5.9 billion) and Brazil 4.5 billion.
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The most accessed resource for pirates is television, followed by publishing, movies, music, and software (including games and popular software). This result may not have been expected by many netizens, because in our impression, China and Russia are the pirate countries, and as a result, China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has not entered the top three.
Russian piracy is booming, Xiao Lei knows a little bit, because Russians are not willing to spend money to buy genuine games, many manufacturers launch the cheapest game in Russia, are holding the mentality of being able to sell a copy. Russia has a small population and the number of visits to pirate websites is second, and it seems that locals really like pirated resources.
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After thinking about why there are not many pirated visits in China, Xiao Lei believes that the main reason is that the copyright awareness of the Chinese people has been cultivated. Since around 2010, all walks of life in China have begun to pay attention to copyright, and relevant departments are also cracking down on infringement.
More importantly, the domestic film and television industry is gradually growing, not to mention the quality, now most of the Chinese people will choose domestic film and television works, these works can basically be found in Youaiteng, and the Chinese people are more disgusted with pirated their own things. Before the domestic boutique independent game "ICEY" was launched, a platform launched a pirated version the next day, and the result was scolded by players to take down the shelves.
Many pirate websites have chosen Congliang, especially pirated game platforms, which have become game information and raider websites, and the right to speak can even affect the TGA's annual best game selection. This is good news for domestic creators, whose copyrights will be protected and will be able to obtain higher profits before they will have the incentive to continue creating.
As for why piracy is prevalent in the United States, in fact, the reason is very simple, although the per capita income in the United States is high, but the service industry fees are also very high, coupled with the local people's general advanced consumption, when they encounter some things they want to buy, they have no money, and they are not willing to use credit cards, and it is natural to find pirated resources.